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Site Report: Frosty Fuels, Inc.-Port Heiden

Site Name: Frosty Fuels, Inc.-Port Heiden
Address: Port Heiden Airport, Port Heiden, AK 99549
File Number: 2637.26.002, 2637.57.002
Hazard ID: 23200
Status: Cleanup Complete - Institutional Controls
Staff: IC Unit, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 56.958523
Longitude: -158.637275
Horizontal Datum:NAD83

We make every effort to ensure the data presented here is accurate based on the best available information currently on file with DEC. It is therefore subject to change as new information becomes available. We recommend contacting the assigned project staff prior to making decisions based on this information.

Problems/Comments

Steve Hartung is identified as the contact person for Reeve Aleutian. During the removal of several underground and above ground fuel storage tanks, petroleum contamination was identified in soils and the shallow groundwater aquifer. ChemTrack is the current consultant. Updated 3-28-07 by P.Horwath Please refer to the contaminated site "ADOT&PF Port Heiden Airport, Block 1A, Lot 100" for more information regarding the contaminated site portion of this site (surface contamination). Reference File No. 2637.57.002.

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
9/9/1992 Update or Other Action NOR; Spill reported to WDO on Sept 9th, NOR letter sent October 8, 1992. Former Staff
9/9/1992 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Release Confirmed - Petroleum LUST Site created in CSP for source area ID 77780 ADD; Former Staff
9/9/1992 Site Added to Database Former Staff
2/3/1997 Update or Other Action UPD; The tank was pulled on November 30, 1995, but no contaminated soil was removed. So no LCAU yet. I'm going to draft a request for a CAPlan today. Former Staff
8/1/1997 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Initiated - Petroleum Former Staff
11/20/1997 Update or Other Action ADEC sends Notification of Intent to Cost Recover Letter to Current Owner: FROSTY FUEL INC. Former Staff
1/21/1998 Release Investigation Conditional approval issued for Release Investigation Work Plan. Alyce Hughey
8/10/1999 Update or Other Action Request for CAP. Alyce Hughey
11/15/1999 Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment Received report. Alyce Hughey
8/2/2002 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway Approval for HartCrowser CAP submittal. Alyce Hughey
4/15/2003 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway CAP submitted by Chem Track. Alyce Hughey
5/9/2003 Update or Other Action RP notifys ADEC of change in consultants & CAP. Alyce Hughey
6/2/2003 Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment Assessment information submitted & reviewed. Alyce Hughey
6/23/2003 Update or Other Action ADEC comments to April 15th CAP & June assessment data. Alyce Hughey
8/12/2003 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway Addendum received for April 15th CAP. Alyce Hughey
9/2/2003 Update or Other Action ADEC comments to submittals. Alyce Hughey
9/8/2003 Update or Other Action Nondomestic Wastewater Treatment Works and jDisposal System Plans - ADEC Review comments. Monica English
9/19/2003 Update or Other Action Nondomestic Wastewater Treatment Works and Disposal System Plans - ADEC Review Comments. Monica English
9/19/2003 Update or Other Action Consultant submits addition information to support plan. Monica English
9/25/2003 Update or Other Action Corrective Action Work Plan - ADEC Comments. Monica English
9/26/2003 Update or Other Action Nondomestic Wastewater Treatment Works Nd Disposal System Plans - ADEC Conditional Approval. Monica English
9/26/2003 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway Conditional Approval for workplan. Alyce Hughey
10/10/2003 Update or Other Action Consultant electronically submits preliminary monitor well results and requests change to the approved NDWWD plans. Monica English
12/4/2003 Update or Other Action ADEC request for Supportive Release Investigation Information. Monica English
12/11/2003 Update or Other Action ADEC request for overdue groundwater monitoring and Sampling Data reports. Monica English
2/13/2004 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Groundwater Monitoring Sample Data Report. Monica English
2/29/2004 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Release Investigation Information. Monica English
3/17/2004 Update or Other Action ADEC comments to supportive release investigation information report and ADEC request for CAP. Monica English
4/16/2004 Update or Other Action Consultant submittal of additional information. Monica English
4/16/2004 Update or Other Action Consultant submittal of additional information. Monica English
4/26/2004 Update or Other Action Consultant submittal of additional information. Monica English
4/27/2004 Update or Other Action Groundwater Monitoring and Sampling Data Report: ChemTrack Comments Received and ADEC Clarification letter. Monica English
4/29/2004 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway ADEC Conditional Approval of Corrective Action Plan. Monica English
7/19/2004 Update or Other Action File number issued 2637.26.001 Aggie Blandford
8/2/2004 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Groundwater Sample Analytical Data Report Monica English
8/9/2004 Update or Other Action Comments to ChemTrack's Groundwater Sample Analytical Data Report. Also request resample of two newly installed geoprobes and installation of 2 additional downgradient GW measuring points. Monica English
9/7/2004 Update or Other Action Review Revised Groundwater Sample Analytical Data Report. Most issues resolved. Monica English
9/14/2004 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Review revised Site Closure Report and Request for NFRAP determination. Monica English
9/24/2004 Update or Other Action Letter of ADEC comments for Site Closure Report and NFRAP letter. Also Requested Groundwater Sampling. Monica English
10/27/2004 Update or Other Action Second request for response to departmental comments on Site Closure Report and request for NFRAP determination. Monica English
11/2/2004 Update or Other Action ADEC comments to Site Closure Addendum document submitted by ChemTrack. Monica English
12/3/2004 Update or Other Action File number 2637.26.002 assigned and entered into the Fileroom database and Leaking Underground Storage Tank database. Alyce Hughey
2/16/2005 Update or Other Action ADEC response and comments to the Groundwater Monitoring report and request for NFRAP determination submitted by ChemTrack. ADEC also makes 3rd request for a response to departmental comments on the Site Closure report. Monica English
3/15/2005 Update or Other Action Consultant submits a response to ADEC February 16, 2005 letter. However, the response does not fully address all ADEC comments/requests for clarification to Site Closure Report. Monica English
4/8/2005 Update or Other Action ADEC correspondence requesting status update on Groundwater Treatment system status and notification of a Long Term Groundwater monitoring requirement. Monica English
4/13/2005 Update or Other Action Correspondence from consultant to program manager requesting a No Further Remedial Action Planned determination for this facility. Monica English
5/25/2005 Update or Other Action ADEC correspondence to RP requesting status update on Groundwater Treatment system and Long Term Groundwater Monitoring. Monica English
7/1/2005 Update or Other Action ADEC correspondence to RP requesting status of groundwater treatment system and long term groundwater monitoring. Monica English
7/18/2005 Update or Other Action Sampling and Analysis plan received from the consultant to address long term groundwater monitoring. Monica English
7/21/2005 Update or Other Action ADEC conditional approval for the Sampling and Analysis plan. Some of the wells proposed in this plan have been changed. These changes were discussed in a phone conversation with consultant (Chuck Ronan) prior to conditional approval being drafted. Monica English
12/1/2005 Update or Other Action Groundwater Monitoring Report received and reviewed. Monica English
6/13/2006 Long Term Monitoring Established ADEC correspondence establishing annual long term groundwater monitoring and requesting decommissioning of out-of-service treatment system and unused monitor wells. Monica English
10/9/2006 Update or Other Action Project manager changed from Monica English to Paul Horwath, per Paul Horwath. Alyce Hughey
3/28/2007 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Intitial Site Ranking Completed Paul Horwath
1/10/2008 Exposure Tracking Model Ranking Final ETM site ranking completed. Paul Horwath
2/14/2008 Conditional Closure Approved A conditional closure decision letter was issued February 14, 2008. Paul Horwath
2/14/2008 Institutional Control Record Established Installation of groundwater wells prohibited without prior ADEC approval. Residual contaminated soil and groundwater may not be moved or disposed without prior ADEC approval. Groundwater monitoring wells shall be preserved and sampled once every two years. The construction of buildings within the area of known residual contamination shall consider design features to prevent contaminatnt vapor intrusion. Paul Horwath
3/27/2009 Meeting or Teleconference Held Teleconference with the Department of Law, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) to discuss the potential settlement that Alaska Department of Transportation (ADOT) airport leasing staff is currently negotiating with the RP, Reeve Airways. ADOT leasing is negotiating with representatives of Reeve to settle on remediation costs for additional cleanup of this site. At the same time, ADOT is proposing that CS staff oversee further cleanup of the site. Our AAG is coordinating with the SOA ADOT attorney. The issue of the abandoned drums that are reported to be on the Frosty ADOT leasehold, was also discussed. It is our understanding that ADOT will follow-up with their airport manager to determine the status of the abandoned drums. Our AAG will continue to monitor the status of the settlement agreement; confer with ADOT’s attorney as she works towards some sort of recovery from Reeve, and will coordinate with CSP to address the contingencies/concerns. Linda Nuechterlein
6/8/2009 Update or Other Action Village of Pt. Heiden has requested a Brownfield grant to investigate drums that have collected at the facility. This site will be transferred to the Brownfield Program and the project manager changed to Sonja Benson or Deb Williams. The file will be sent from Soldotna to Fairbanks. Linda Nuechterlein
6/9/2009 Update or Other Action File Shipped from Soldotna to Fairbanks 6-9-09. Alyce Hughey
8/31/2009 Brownfields Award FY 2010 State of Alaska Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funds $39,882 awarded to Native Council of Port Heiden for a property assessment and cleanup plan on Frosty Fuels tank farm and old reeve warehouse. NTP# 18400210005. Current status: Project complete. Cascade Galasso-Irish
8/1/2010 Institutional Control Update A Brownfield Assessment was completed during this time period which documented outstanding issues at this site separate from the UST investigation started in 1992. (Entered on June 10, 2015 while doing a file review for IC concerns.) Evonne Reese
5/9/2011 Institutional Control Compliance Review IC review conducted, staff changed to IC Unit, and reminder system activated. Evonne Reese
9/4/2014 Institutional Control Update Responded to a DOT request to review a lease on a Port Heiden Airport property that is adjoining this property. I advised including a restriction in the lease about installing a private drinking water well on the site without first contacting DEC. Evonne Reese
11/24/2014 Update or Other Action Updated the affiliates information. ADOT&PF owns this property which is described as Lot 1A Block 100 and the property is currently vacant. Evonne Reese
5/18/2016 Institutional Control Compliance Review Periodic IC compliance review conducted. Contacted ADOT to verify that this property remains vacant. There is current an application for the lease of the property by the City of Port Heiden to be used for two fuel tanks and dispensers for aviation fuel. There will be no occupied buildings or the use of groundwater as a drinking water source. Set the reminder system to check back with ADOT in three months time to check on the status of the lease application. IC Unit
11/8/2016 Institutional Control Update The groundwater monitoring requirement included in the 2008 conditional closure is being managed thru the active site (ADOT Port Heiden 2637.57.002) located on the same property. Evonne Reese
3/24/2017 Institutional Control Compliance Review Periodic IC compliance review conducted. Contacted ADOT and this property was leased to the City of Port Heiden in February 2017 under lease #ADA-09111. There will be two fuel tanks and dispensers for aviation fuel placed on the property but no buildings are permitted. Groundwater will not be used for the land lease. Set the reminder system to check back with ADOT in two years time to verify that groundwater is not being used. Evonne Reese
8/6/2018 Institutional Control Update I was informed by ADOT that they will be on this property in September in order to perform a site characterization on the underground injection well. At the same time they plan on taking groundwater samples from the wells already in place. This work will be managed thru the active site on the same property with the file number 2637.57.002. Evonne Reese
1/24/2019 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Reviewed the report: Groundwater Monitoring, dated December 7, 2018. The report describes the groundwater monitoring activities completed in October of 2018. Only 3 of the 13 monitoring wells planned for sampling were located (MW7, MW22, and MW39); however, an additional 3 wells (MW4, MW11, and MW18) were also located. All other wells are presumed destroyed. Samples were collected from all 6 wells and were submitted for laboratory analysis of DRO, RRO, VOCs, and PAHs. Sample results from Wells MW18 and MW22 exceeded the Table C groundwater cleanup levels for several petroleum related constituents, including DRO, benzene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, naphthalene, and various others. Evonne Reese
1/24/2019 Institutional Control Compliance Review Since the benefits of additional groundwater sampling is presumed to be relatively low, the institutional control (IC) requirement of future groundwater sampling will be removed from the Frosty Fuels site record. In order to protect future receptors from contaminated groundwater on this property, the groundwater use restriction will remain in place on the Frosty Fuels site record. If at a future date ADOT&PF or a property lessee have plans to utilize the groundwater, a thorough groundwater investigation may be required. Further investigation of this area will take place in the active site record called ADOT&PF Port Heiden Airport, Block 1A, Lot 100 (File #2637.57.002) which is located on the same property. Evonne Reese
3/23/2021 Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other Reported dated February 5, 2021 titled Additional Site Characterization & Monitoring Well Decommissioning was reviewed on this date for the ADOT Lot 1A, Block 100 site on the same property as Frosty Fuels. The field event included decommissioning of wells MW-4, MW-7, MW-11, MW-18, MW-22, and MW-39. Project activities also consisted of advancing one test pit, and collecting soil samples. The original workplan included advancing ten test pits and the installation of three monitoring wells in select pits but the presence of buried utilities and metals drums/debris did not allow all intended site work including the installation of monitoring wells. The sampling data that was obtained showed arsenic concentrations which exceeded the most stringent ADEC Method Two cleanup levels. They were detected in duplicate samples TP1S5/TP1S15. These concentrations are consistent with background arsenic concentrations. The remaining tested analytes were either not detected or were reported at concentrations less than the ADEC cleanup levels. This site record will need to be reviewed to determine the need for the test pit and groundwater data which was not obtained during this event. Evonne Reese
10/7/2024 Institutional Control Compliance Review IC compliance review completed on this date. An IC reminder letter was issued to the landowner. The next review will be in three years’ time. Gaige Robinson

Contaminant Information

Name Level Description Media Comments
Benzene Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil
Benzene > Table C Groundwater
DRO Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil
DRO > Table C Groundwater
Benzene > Vapor Migration to Indoor Air Indoor Air

Control Type

Type Details
CS Database Notation And Letter To Landowner/RP

Requirements

Description Details
Excavation / Soil Movement Restrictions
Groundwater Use Restrictions
New Construction Restrictions New building construction should consider methods to prevent contaminant vapor migration to indoor air.
Other Decommission groundwater monitoring wells

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